Lawyers also filed a pauper oath appointment of attorney on appeal, a document that declares financial destitution and requests court-appointed legal representation.
By Elissa Jorgensen, Michael Cuviello
Lawyers representing Karmelo Anthony filed a notice of appeal a day after he was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison by a Collin County jury for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco last year.
Anthony’s lawyers also filed a pauper oath appointment of attorney on appeal Wednesday, which is a document that declares financial destitution and requests court-appointed legal representation.
According to Collin County’s online court records, Anthony has been assigned court-appointed attorney Donny Perales, a McKinney-based attorney with Chesley & Perales, to represent him on appeal.
Anthony was also transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Wednesday. After undergoing the agency’s intake process, he was transported to his unit of assignment at the Wallace Pack Unit near Navasota, a medium security prison about 30 miles southeast of College Station according to Amanda Hernandez, TDCJ’s director of communications.
The filings come after five days of testimony. The jurors deliberated for about three hours Tuesday before deciding on a guilty verdict and moving to the punishment phase.
Anthony’s defense attorneys made a broad self-defense argument and raised “sudden passion” in sentencing, both of which the jury rejected.
Mike Howard and Toby Shook, who represented Anthony at the trial, did not immediately return The Dallas Morning News’ emails and phone calls requesting comment.
Staff writer Jane Harper contributed to this report.
Elissa Jorgensen is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of Texas State University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in mass communication. Elissa previously reported for the Houston Chronicle and Texas Community Health News.
Michael Cuviello is a breaking news reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He previously reported for the Amarillo Globe-News, where he led on-the-ground coverage of the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest wildfire in Texas history. A graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, he served as the sports editor for the student publication, The Prospector. Cuviello is a combat veteran who served more than a decade in the military.
